Grade 7 Nebraska Studies

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Unit	Objective: "The learner will . . ."	Standard(s)	No. of Days	Vocabulary Terms	Resources	Student Learning Activities	Assessment	Language Arts Standard(s)
Ch1	The students will learn about Nebraska History		7		Textbook Lecture	Chapter 1 WKSHT	Chapter 1 MC Test
Ch2	Students will learn about prehistoric Nebraska history		1		Textbook Lecture	Chapter 2 WKSHT
Ch3	Students will learn about Nebraska history in the 1800's and 1900's		1		Textbook Lecture	Chapter 3 WKSHT
NE Rivers	Students will learn about the Nebraska river systems		2	White, Niobrara, Snake, Missouri, Elkhorn, North Platte, South Platte, Platte, Republican, Little Blue, Big Blue, Big Nehama, Little Nehama, South Loup, Dismal, Middle Loup, North Loup, Calamus, Cedar, Loup Rivers	Textbook Lecture	Large and small maps	Nebraska Rivers Test
NE State Symbols	The students will learn the Official Nebraska State Symbols		1	1.Blue – Gold 2. Seal 3. Equality Before the Law 4. Flat Water 5. The Tree Planter State 6. Cornhuskers 7. Golden Rod 8. Western Meadowlark 9. Cottonwood 10. Mammoth 11. Blue Agate 12. Prairie Agate 13. Little Blue Stem 14. Honeybee 15. Holdrege 16. White-Tailed Deer 17. Channel Catfish 18. Square Dance 19. Beautiful Nebraska 20. Platte River 21. Kool-Aid 22. Milk 23. Runza 24. Dorothy Lynch 25. Nebraska – The Good Life	Textbook NE Symbols PDF	NE State Symbols WKSHT NE State Symbols Matching Review NE State Symbols "YOUR" State Symbols - Google Doc	NE State Symbols MC Pretest Google Form NE State Symbols MC Test - Paper
Eastern NE Counties	Students will learn about Eastern Nebraska Counties		1/2	Dodge, Washington, Polk, Butler, Saunders, Douglas, Sarpy Counties	Textbook - Maps	Eastern Counties maps	Eastern Counties test
Northeast NE Counties	Students will learn about Northeast Nebraska Counties		1/2	Knox, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Thurston, Burt, Cuming Colfax, Platte, Boone, Antelope, Pierce, Wayne, Madison, Stanton Counties	Textbook - Maps	Northeast Counties maps	Northeast Counties test
Southeast NE Counties	Students will learn about Southeast Nebraska Counties		1/2	Clay, Nuckolls, York, Fillmore, Thayer, Seward, Saline, Jefferson, Lancaster, Gage, Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson Counties	Textbook - Maps	Southeast Counties maps	Southeast Counties test
Central NE Counties	Students will learn about Central Nebraska Counties		1/2	Custer, Dawson, Gosper, Valley, Greeley, Sherman, Howard, Buffalo, Hall, Phelps, Kearney, Adams, Harlan, Franklin, Webster, Nance, Merrick, Hamilton Counties	Textbook - Maps	Central Counties maps	Central Counties test
Southwest NE Counties	Students will learn about Southwest Nebraska Counties		1/2	Keith, Perkins, Lincoln, Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Frontier, Red Willow, Furnas Counties	Textbook - Maps	Southwest Counties maps	Southwest Counties test
Panhandle NE Counties	Students will learn about Panhandle Nebraska Counties		1/2	Sioux, Scottsbluff, Banner, Kimball, Dawes, Box Butte, Morrill, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Garden, Deuel Counties	Textbook - Maps	Panhandle Counties maps	Panhandle Counties test
North Central NE Counties	Students will learn about North Central Nebraska Counties		4	Cherry, Keya Paha, Boyd, Brown, Rock Holt, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, Loup, Garfield, Wheeler, Arthur, McPherson, Logan Counties	Textbook - Maps	North Central Counties maps	North Central Counties test
City Government	Students will learn about city government - Valentine		2	City council Bonded Benefits/wages City fathers Meeting times/places City manager City clerk Department Heads Police Fire Street Water Electricity Property Tax City Sales Tax City Attorney Police Chief Fire Chief Library Cemetery Board Planning Commission Airport Firehall	City Worksheet - Lecture	Reviews	City Government test
County Government	Students will learn about county government - Cherry		2	Commissioners Meeting places/times Salary/Benefits County Sherriff/job County Treasure/job County Clerk/Job County Assessor/job County Attorney/job County Judge/job County Surveyor/job County Veterans Officer County Regency 24 person County Zoning Officer County Roads Dept. Head County Hospital/Board County Justice Center/manager Property Tax Sales Tax Lodging Tax Regency 24 911 Number of miles of roads Number of people Number of cattle	County Government Worksheet - Lecture	Reviews	County Government test
NE Legislature	Students will learn about the Nebraska Unicameral		2	Unicameral State Senator Requirements Term Limits Speaker of the Unicameral Standing Committees Legislative Districts 43rd District 43rd District Senator 43rd counties/cities State Sales Tax State Income Tax Bills/Laws/Vetoes/overrides 60/90 days	Unicameral worksheet - lecture	Reviews	Unicameral Test
NE State Government	Students will learn about the Nebraska State Officials		2	Governor Lt. Governor State Treasure State Clerk State Attorney General State Auditor State Departments State Monies State Sales Tax Terms/term limits	State Government worksheet - lecture	Reviews	Nebraska State Government test
NE National Government	Students will learn about the US Government in Nebraska		2	US Senators -2 US Representatives - 3 Congressional Districts Nebraska Electoral College Federal Courts US Attorney	Nebraska National Government Worksheet - lecture	Reviews	Nebraska National Government test
Maps 1,2,3	Students will use Nebraska Road Maps		3	Interstates State Highways State Spurs County Roads Types of Roads Speed Limits Highway numbering City coordinates	"OLD FASHION" Nebraska state road maps - worksheets	Reviews	3 road map tests
Southwest Confernece	Students will learn the history behind school conferences - Rangeland -n- Southwest		2	Rangeland Conference History Southwest Conference History Current Classifications Current Schedules Current Members/sports	Worksheet, lecture, Nebraska Schools Athletic Association website.
NE Cities	Students will learn about the classifications of cities and the 10 largest in Nebraska		1/2	Classifications Businesses Highways Famous people for there	Textbook, lecture, Internet	Reviews	Nebraska cities test
NE License Plates	Students will learn about the history of vehicle license plattes		1/2	History of Licensing vehicles	Textbook, worksheet, and lecture
Famous NE	The student will research Famous Nebraskans		2		Computer Google Wikipedi.org Other sites		Worksheet on the Famous Nebraskan
Family Crest	The student will learn about their family crest or coat of arms		2		Computer Google Websites Family Crest Worksheet		Printout of the family crest Worksheet on the Crest meanings.
Family Name	The student will learn about the origin of their family name, places, and famous people with their last name		1		Computer Google Websites Family Name Worksheet		Worksheet on their family name history.
Favorite NE Place			1		Computer Internet Worksheet
Sears-n-Roebuck Catalog			3		Sears-n-Roebuck Catalogs - worksheets
Centennial Hall Museum			1		Centennial Hall museum
Cherry County Museum			1		Cherry County Museum